U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2006-09-14

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.8 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The August increase was led by a 2.3 percent advance in petroleum prices, although a 0.5 percent rise in nonpetroleum prices was also a contributing factor. Export prices increased 0.4 percent for the second consecutive month in August. Percent changes in import and export price indexes by End Use category -not seasonally adjusted- Month Non- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 2006 January 1.2 5.8 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.7 February -0.8 -1.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.7 0.2 March -0.1 0.6 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.2 April 2.1 11.3 0.1 0.7 -0.4 0.7 May 1.8 6.4 0.7 0.7 r 0.6 0.7 June 0.1 r -1.1 r 0.4 0.7 2.5 0.6 r July 1.0 r 5.1 r 0.0 r 0.4 1.9 0.3 r August 0.8 2.3 0.5 0.4 1.0 0.4 Import prices increased